Miguel,
 
No wonder there is so much conflict and group hatred in the United Kingdom/Great Britain neck of the woods especially when no one can agree on definitions for geographic boundaries. 
 
Gerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Miguel Carrasquer
To: Nostratica@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Nostratica] Re: Gerry!

On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:23:50 -0800, "Geraldine Reinhardt"
<waluk@...> wrote:

>  From: Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham@...>
>  Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@......> wrote:
>> Great Britain is one island.
>> Other islands cannot be "part of it".
>> The Isle of Man is one of the British Isles. Jersey and Guernsey
>> (together with some smaller ones) are the Channel Islands. 
>>>  I would reckon Anglesey, the Isle of Wight, the Hebrides and even the
>>>  Shetland Isles as part of Great Britain.
>>>>  GR: Thought you said that Great Britain was one island.  If so then how could the Isle of Wight
>>>>  be part of Great Britain?

*I* said that, using the geographical definition of "Great Britain".
Richard is using a different, socio-political, definition of "Great
Britain", namely: England + Wales + Scotland.

               UK?   GreatBritain? BritishIsles? ElizabethRegina?

Éire           no    \             \             no
                      no            yes
N. Ireland     yes   /             /             yes

Man            no    no            yes           yes

Shetlands      \     no/yes        yes?          yes
                yes
Scotland       /     \             \             yes
Wales          yes   - yes         - yes         yes
England        \     /             /             yes
                yes
Wight          /     no/yes        yes           yes

Jersey         no    no            no            yes


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...


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